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Elena walked up the stairs to Alaric's apartment with breakfast for him. After almost killing Meredith she wanted to make sure that his alter ego hadn't come through this morning. She knocked on the door and a few minutes later Damon opened it.
"Morning sunshine" Damon greeted.
"Hey, how's Alaric?" Elena said trying to enter the apartment. Damon continued to block her entrance.
"Indecent. But fine" he said.
"So then, does that mean there were no issues last night?" Elena asked.
"Nope. Slept like a baby, woke up Alaric. No head minds about dead council members" Damon replied.
"Then why do I feel like you're hiding something from me?"Elena frowned.
"Well, maybe because you're being all paranoid and control freaky. What'd you bring me?" Damon asked taking the bag and smelling it.
"Ooo, chocolate muffins. You know what they say; a way to a psycho killer's heart is through his stomach"
"They're not for you" Elena snapped as she took the bag.
"Fine. Keep convincing yourself you're still mad at me. But sadly, Ric's gonna have to miss Elena time today. You know lockdown and all" Damon replied.
"Just take it and give it to him and tell him that I miss him, okay?" Elena told him handing him the bag.
"With pleasure" Damon said taking the bag of muffins.
"Please" Elena said as Damon began to shut the door.
"Have a great day, thanks for coming by" Damon smirked.
"Dam…." Elena began before Damon closed the door. He walked over to Alaric and Stefan who were standing with a saw and the Wickery Bridge sign.
"Walking down the stairs, opening the front door" Damon began listening to Elena leave. "And she's gone."
Alaric then turned on the saw in his apartment and began to saw the Wickery Bridge sign. The sign began to be cut into multiple pieces to be fashioned into stakes. Stefan then went through all the stakes to make sure that they were suitable to kill an Original.
"This needs to have a sharper point" Stefan said handing a stake to Damon.
"You got it" Damon replied.
"We finally have our own stakes to kill an Original. I'm not going to miss because you can't whittle" Stefan continued.
"I said I got it. Stop micromanaging" Damon huffed. He began to sharpen the stake as Alaric put on his coat.
"Looks like you guys have got this under control. I'm going to call the Sheriff" Alaric began. Damon and Stefan both looked at him and frowned.
"I want to turn myself in" Alaric finished.
"No you don't" Damon shot back.
"I have a homicidal alter ego. Unlike some people in this room, I would like to take responsibility for the people I've killed" Alaric snapped.
"If you wanted to turn yourself in, you wouldn't be saying it out loud. Just saying" Damon shrugged.
"Hey, listen; out of all the people you cannot psychoanalyze me. I killed Caroline's father; I nearly killed Meredith. Everything's changed" Alaric told the two of them.
"Look, you're not turning yourself in. Bonnie's herbs are working and we have Originals to kill" Stefan told him.
"His morals get very questionable when he has revenge on the brain" Damon smirked.
"Klaus needs to die. We finally have the chance to kill him, so you are not turning yourself in" Stefan told him.
"Here's your ring, Ric. Put it on" Damon told Alaric. In his hand was the Gilbert ring. Damon handed him the ring and Alaric looked at it in shock.
"That ring is the reason I've killed people" Alaric protested.
"It's also the reason you're alive. You're going vampire hunting, Ric. Wear it" Damon demanded. Alaric looked at the ring and sighed putting it on his finger.
Dia silently watched Elijah sleep. He looked peaceful and calm without a care in the world. She smiled slightly still wondering how everything turned out like this. She had never expected in a million years that she would be with him. If someone had told her during her first meeting with Elijah that she would end up with him, she would have thought that someone was crazy.
"You've been watching me for nearly ten minutes" Elijah suddenly spoke his eyes still closed. "I'm starting to wonder what you're thinking."
Dia slightly laughed before leaning over and kissing him. Elijah wrapped his arms around her, his hands moving up and down her back. He pulled away tangling one of his hands in her hair
"I like watching you sleep" she whispered.
"And why is that?" Elijah raised an eyebrow.
"You look peaceful and content. Not having a care in the world" she replied. Dia rested her head in the crook of his neck. Elijah smiled and began to stroke her spine softly.
"Does it ever get boring?" she asked. "Living forever? Does this ever get boring?" She looked down at the sheets they were wrapped around.
"For some time it was" Elijah spoke. "It can be very lonely, but then I met you. So it's never boring with you." He looked down at her and smiled. He rolled over on top of her and kissed her once again.
"And as for your other question" he breathed. "No never with you. I could make love to you for days and it would never get boring." Dia blushed at his comment and Elijah only chuckled.
"You're making fun of me" she glared playfully.
"I am" Elijah began to cover her neck with kisses. "The art of making love is completely natural and is nothing for you to blush about."
"I don't normally blush, but ever since I met you, it's occurred more often" Dia smiled.
"Can't imagine why" Elijah said kissing her once again. He pulled away and looked at the clock.
"I hate to do this to you my dear because it's talking all the self control I have, but I have some more errands to run. Will you be alright here by yourself?" Elijah asked.
"Of course" Dia nodded. "You've been running a lot of errands lately. Care to elaborate on this particular errand." Elijah chuckled and kissed Dia's forehead before getting out of the bed.
"Just some business I need to take care of" Elijah replied.
"You know one of these days I'll force it out of you" Dia frowned at him.
"I would very much like to see you try" Elijah smirked.
"Is that a challenge?" Dia raised an eyebrow.
"If you chose to take it that way" Elijah said buttoning up a dress shirt. Dia smirked and got off the bed still wrapped in sheets. She wrapped a free hand around Elijah's neck before kissing him deeply slipping her tongue inside his mouth. Elijah pulled her closer moving his hands up and down her body. It was taking everything he had not to stay here and do unspeakable things to her.
"Now will you tell me?" Dia breathed pulling away.
"I applaud your efforts my dear, but sadly no" Elijah smirked.
"Then you're not seeing any more of this" Dia shrugged motioning to all of her.
"Are you negotiating with me?" Elijah raised an eyebrow. "Because in the end I always get what I want, even if I have to take it."
"Maybe" Dia rolled her eyes.
"This isn't over" Elijah smirked before kissing her check and walking away from her.
Caroline and Elena walked through the woods after Stefan had sent them both a cryptic text message telling them to meet him. Elena explained everything that was happening to Alaric and the fact that Alaric was the one who killed Caroline's father.
"Alaric Saltzman killed my father?" Caroline frowned.
"I can't expect you to be okay with this. But at least these herbs that Bonnie's giving him, they're healing him and they're keeping the dark side buried" Elena explained.
"Yeah, and that's supposed to make everything okay?" Caroline snapped. Elena sighed and grabbed Caroline's arm so she could face her. She could see the tears in Caroline's eyes starting to form.
"No, Caroline, it's not okay. It's horrible and I feel horrible about it, but he's a victim of something supernatural, he didn't ask for this, it just happened to him. Just like Bonnie's mom, I mean, she didn't ask to become a vampire. And neither did Stefan or Tyler" she said.
"Or me" Caroline piped in.
"Or you. None of you asked for this, but who would I be if I just turned my back on any of you?" Elena asked. Caroline nodded and put her arm around Elena's shoulders as they continued to walk.
"Oh, Elena Gilbert, savior of the cursed and the damned" she sighed as Matt appeared.
"Hey. What's with the cryptic secret meeting text?" Matt asked walking up to them.
"I don't know. Stefan just said to meet here" Elena replied as Stefan and Damon appeared behind the
"Where's Bonnie?" Stefan asked causing both Elena and Caroline to turn around.
"I texted her too" he continued.
"Um, Bonnie's mom bailed on her. Again. So, I think we should leave her out of this one" Caroline told him.
"What are we doing here?" Matt asked.
"We found some more white oak. Long story, wait for the movie" Damon replied.
"Hang on" Elena frowned. "White oak? You have a weapon that can kill Klaus?"
"Nope. We all have a weapon" Stefan said throwing down a duffle bag with white oak stakes in it on the ground.
Finn walked down the street in a city when Klaus suddenly appeared.
"Hello Finn" Klaus greeted.
"Hello Niklaus. I have nothing to say to you" Finn said continuing to walk.
"Well, I'm not here to chat. I will ask you one time though, where's our mother?" Klaus asked him.
"Gone to find another way to end our abominable lives. And when she does, I will sacrifice myself all over again" Finn told him.
"Well, how fortunate that I found you, I require your assistance" Klaus smiled.
"I have no wish to help you. Only to see you dead" Finn spoke.
"Right, well, that's the thing; you see you won't be able to see me dead, because if I die, then you die. So, wish unfulfilled, I'm afraid" Klaus replied.
"Oh, bother someone else with your hollowed charms, Niklaus" Finn sighed.
"Why? Why not come bother my big brother?" Klaus smiled. " I need you to accompany me back to Mystic Falls, I have a witch there who can help undo Esther's spell that linked us together."
"I have no wish to be unlinked" Klaus trying to walk away. Klaus stepped in front of my and put his hand on his chest stopping him.
"Again with the wishes. Let me rephrase, you will come back with me or I will put you back in that coffin in which you rotted for 900 years" Klaus glared.
"What happens to one happens to all. You may not feel the effects of the dagger, but you'd lose your precious Rebekah and that gypsy would lose Elijah" Finn raised an eyebrow.
"Wouldn't be the first time" Klaus smirked.
Finn walked away from Klaus and then sped down an alleyway, but suddenly was stopped by Rebekah.
"Let's not make this any worse than it has to be, darling brother" Rebekah told him.
"You're siding with him? Rebekah, he stored us in boxes" Finn exclaimed.
"At least he's not trying to make us extinct" Rebekah shot back. Finn glared at her and turned around to face Klaus.
"What are you going to do? Kill me?" Finn asked him.
"Oh yeah, that's right, you've got a death wish. Fine, pathetic, but fine. The thing is, I'm not going to let you take the rest of us down with you" Klaus sneered before throwing Finn against the brick wall.
"Klaus has always been one step ahead of us, but now we have the advantage. We're all armed and they are all linked, meaning we only need to kill one of them. We need to seize the best opportunity, which means we need to prepare for every opportunity" Stefan explained to the group.
"Scenario number one" Damon said as he grabbed Elena moving her. "You get to play Klaus."
"Okay" Elena replied.
"Rebekah is our target so we distract her and catch her off guard. To do that we need to keep Klaus separate and occupied" Stefan said looking over at Caroline. "Caroline."
"Why do I always have to be Klaus bait?" she huffed.
"Because he's obsessed with you" Damon smirked walking over to her. "But for right now we need you to play Rebekah. We use the quarterback to distract her. Just keep her talking."
"How?" Matt asked.
"Act interested. She's lonely, desperate" Damon told him.
"Clearly. She slept with you" Caroline smirked causing Elena to desperately try to hold back a grin.
"Hm. Beefcake holds bombshell. I come up from behind her" Damon said getting behind Caroline and grabbing her arms and putting them behind her back. "Grab her arms like this."
"Ow!" Caroline complained. Stefan then walked up to her with the stake pretending to stab her.
"Gives me time for one shot" Stefan said as Damon let Caroline go.
"Got it? Good. So we all have one stake, we keep it hidden and we look out for any opportunity we have" Stefan told everyone.
"No last minute attacks of pity for any of them" Damon said looking at Elena.
"Don't worry about me. Not after what happened to Bonnie's mom" Elena said.
"Barbie?" Damon looked at Caroline.
"Oh, I'm ready. Anything that will free Tyler from his sire bond to Klaus" Caroline nodded.
"Busboy?" Damon asked looking at Matt.
"Do I have a choice?" Matt shrugged.
"Good point" Damon nodded.
"We have 12 stakes, 12 shots at killing one Original. We can do this. Alright, let's try another scenario. Elena grab a crossbow" Stefan said handing it to Elena. Matt, you play Klaus."
"I mean it Elena no pity" Damon looked at her.
"I don't think we have to worry about that" Stefan told him.
"Well it's a good then Dia is god knows where and Elijah isn't here because we all know who's side she'd be on" Damon glared.
"Damon don't talk about her like that" Elena frowned.
"Just because she dumped you doesn't mean you have the right to trash talk her" Caroline glared.
Dia strummed her fingers on the kitchen bar sighing staring at her cell phone. For ten minutes she had been debating whether to call Caroline. She had gone through numerous scenarios in her head, decided what she would say, and had made up her mind not to tell Caroline that she was with Elijah. After a few more minutes of debating Dia slammed her hand on the counter, rolled her eyes, and picked up her phone.
"We don't even know if she's with Elijah Damon" Elena argued with Damon.
"Where else would she be Elena?" Damon shot back. "Don't you find it strange that she left Mystic Falls the exact same time that Elijah and the rest of the originals did?"
"Maybe she just needed a break from everything" Caroline commented.
"I think she would have at least told us if she was" Elena replied. "Maybe Damon's right. Maybe she is with Elijah. Does Luchi know anything?"
"I'm convinced she does but she's not saying anything. She claims she hasn't heard from Dia" Damon replied.
"Have you tried Katherine?"Stefan asked trying to hide the fact that he knew everything. He had no intention of telling Damon or anyone where Dia was or that she was with Elijah.
"Multiple times" Damon replied. "The bitch can't seem to return my calls."
"Look Dia can take care of herself" Matt began. "I'm sure she is safe wherever she is and has a perfectly good explanation as to why she took her." Damon rolled his eyes at Matt's statement.
Caroline's phone began to ring. She frowned and pulled it out and looked at it and her eyes grew wide.
"It's Dia" she said looking at everyone.
"Well answer it blondie" Damon huffed. Caroline hit answer and put the phone up to her ear.
"Hello?"
"Hi Caroline" Dia greeted.
"Dia! Oh my gosh I'm so glad to have heard from you. Everyone's been so worried" Caroline replied. She looked at Damon and Damon mouthed to her to continue the conversation.
"Where are you?" she asked.
"I'm fine Caroline. It doesn't matter where I am. I just needed a break from everything" Dia replied.
"Everyone misses you" Caroline told her.
"I find that a little hard to believe" Dia said softly.
"It's true. We all wish you would come home" Caroline said. "When are you coming home?"
"I'm not sure yet" Dia replied. "I'm just giving myself a lot of time to think about things. Just know that I'm alright and still in one piece."
Caroline looked over at Damon. He mouthed Elijah to her. Caroline nodded.
"Hey this is going to be an extremely weird question, but there's this crazy rumor going around town that you left with Elijah" Caroline stopped talking.
"And?" Dia asked breaking the silence.
"Well are you with Elijah?" Caroline bit her lip.
"No I'm not" Dia replied. "Look I have to go. I'll be in touch."
"Call Elena please" Caroline said looking at her. "She's really worried and I know she'd want to hear from you."
"Maybe" Dia spoke. "I'll talk to you soon." With that Dia hung up. Caroline put down her phone and looked at Damon.
"Well she's not with Elijah" she said smiling uncomfortably.
Dia put down her phone and sighed. She lied for the hundredth time it felt like. She couldn't tell Caroline she was with Elijah. She didn't know if she was with anyone else. Elijah was safer this way. Her phone suddenly beeped and saw she had a text from Kol.
Care to entertain me?
Dia shook her head and smiled before typing a response.
Is whatever you're doing for Klaus really that boring?
A few minutes later she got a response.
It has its moments, but I'd much rather be tormenting you in the city ;)
Dia laughed out loud. Kol was quite the character that was for sure.
If by tormenting you mean bonding time with me, then I'd say I'd prefer that too. Elijah is out on another one of his mysterious "errand".
She hit send wondering what Elijah was hiding from her. She thought they were better than keeping secrets from one another. She heard her phone beep again and read the next message from Kol.
Is he now?
Dia frowned. She had a feeling Kol knew something she didn't.
What do you know?
A few moments later she got a reply.
I don't know a thing. Got to run. Busy doing things for Nik. I'll call you later :)
Yep, he knew something. Whatever Elijah was doing bothered her extremely. However if it was really anything serious he would have told her. She sighed deciding not to worry about the matter further. Elijah was cryptic at times, but that's what made him interesting.
Klaus threw Finn into the foyer of his house. Rebekah followed behind her brother as they entered the house.
"Gather your witch. Let's get his blood and get on with it" Rebekah huffed.
"You can't force me to help you" Finn protested.
"Oh, I most likely could, but why force when I can persuade?" Klaus smiled motioning to the staircase. Finn looked over and saw Sage at the top slowly walking down.
"Hello Finn" she smiled.
"Sage" Finn gasped. Sage smiled at him as he got up and rushed over to embrace her.
"What do you know, true love prevails" Rebekah rolled her eyes.
Klaus looked down at his phone and saw a text from Kol reading "Let me know when I'm needed".
"It does occasionally have its uses" Klaus smirked as he typed "I will" as the reply of Kol's message. "Easier than torturing him. Have you heard from Elijah? Any news on what he's going to do?"
"I've texted Dia few times. She hasn't mentioned anything. Kol told me she's starting to ask questions, though so my guess is no. He hasn't done it yet." Rebekah replied. "I have something to do. What do you need from me for this spell?"
"Just your blood and your blessing. Where are you going?" Klaus asked.
"I have some unfinished business with Damon Salvatore. Ask Sage what he did to me. Then you'll understand why retribution is in order" Rebekah then walking away.
Luchi opened her door to reveal Elijah standing on the other side. She frowned slightly wondering why Dia wasn't with him.
"Elijah" she greeted. "Is everything alright? Where's Dia?"
"She's back at my apartment. Everything is fine I assure you. I'm here because I need to ask you something that deals with Dia and she doesn't know anything about this" Elijah explained. "I hope that we would be able to keep this to ourselves for the time being."
Luchi raised her eyebrows. "Why?"
"It's a surprise per say" Elijah smirked slightly.
"What do you need to ask?" she persisted.
"This discussion will take some time. If you don't mind me being so bold I would appreciate if you would invite me in" he replied. Luchi looked at him closely in silence for a few moments before motioning for him to enter the apartment.
There you have it. Not really that exciting of a chapter. I promise part two will be a little more interesting. Thanks for all the feedback thus far. I really appreciate it. I'd say it'll probably be a day or two before part two is up. I have a lot I want to do, so it's going to take some time to write out. Please be patient as I know you all will. Also just a reminder don't forget about the poll on my profile if you haven't voted in it. Read and review!